Drapery support



July 14, 1925.

H.REUBEL DRAPERY SUPPORT Filed April 2. 1924 INVENTOH 1 BY A, M R

A TTORNE KS Patented July 14, 1925 UNITED STATES,

PArsurzoFl-" cE mnmy REUBEL, or New YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE Jomv KRODER' & amt.

REUBEL COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

:A; CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

DRAPERY surron'r.

A ncmon filed April 2;

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, HENRY REUBEL, a citizen of the United States, a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a certain new and. useful Drapery Support,of which the following is a specification.

The invent-ion relates'to drapery supports of the type embodying a hollow guide having a longitudinal slot in one face, the walls of the guide on opposite sides of said slot being employed as tracks fora plurality of carrierswhich support the drapery and have suitable runners adapted to slide along the tracks during adjustment of the position of the drapery.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a drapery support of the above character in which the carriers will slide freely under all conditions of use without jamming or clogging during adjustment of the drapery.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be in part obvious and in part specifically pointed out in the description hereinafter contained which, taken in connection with the accompanying draw-- ings, discloses certain preferred embodiments of the invention, such embodiments, however, are to be considered as'merely illustrative of its principles. In the draw- 1ngs j Figure 1 is a sideqelevation partly in section of a drapery support constructed in ac cordance with the invention and mounted in operative position.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view of the drapery support appearing in Figure 1, taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is arlongitudinal section showing detached one of the intermediate members forming a part of the drapery support shown in Figures 1 and 2, and

Figures 4 and 5 are views similar to Figures 2 and 3 respectively, but showing the modified form of intermediate member.

The invention is illustrated as used in connection with a hollow guide 1 having therein a longitudinal slot 2 and the walls 3 of the guide on opposite sides of the slot are shaped to provide a pair of tracks extending longitudinally of the guide. The carriers are shown as provided with suitable runners g, adapted to slide or roll along the 1924. Serial No.'703,691. j tracks above mentioned, such runners in thepresent instance consisting of wheels or rollers carried byvan axle 5. f

-In accordance with the present invention there is provided between the runners 4 a!) intermediate member 6 which. is in the form. of a solid block supported by the axle 5 and runningin theslot 2 above mentioned, the side faces 7 of the block 6 having sufficient clearancefrom the edges of the tracks 3 to permit the carrier to move freely along the guide 1 and yet if the axle 5 tends to turn tothe position substantially oblique to the guide .1, the side faces 7 of block 6 will 61- gage the edges of'tracks. 3 and prevent the runners from moving to such an oblique position as will jam the carrier in the; guide.

The blocks 6 aremade large enough to project longitudinally beyondthe runners 4 as appears most clearly in Figure 1 whereby if adjacent carriers engage each other the end surfaces of the block 6 will actjas bumpers to prevent therunners of the car riers from engagingeach other. It is found, that when adjacent carriers engage, par ticularly if the wheels rub together, the carriers tend to shift laterally andif the wheels 01" other parts of the carrier are of such construction that they may look to ether, the carriers become jammed. But if the block. 6 of the above character be employed the end surfaces ofthe block form'bumpers'extending substantially across the full width of the slot 1 and such surfaces are smooth, whereby they will not interlock or interfere with a certain amount of a5de play between the carriers.

The block 6 is providedwith a hole 8 (Figure 3) throughwhich the axle 5 passes and, preferably, this hole is substantially in a central, vertical, transverse plane of the block whereby the latter naturally hangs in mid position beneath the axle but may be tilted readily in'either longitudinal direction when the draperies are pulled. Preferably the top of the block 6 lies somewhat 'rub against the guide.

The type of block shown in Figures 1 to 3 maybe readily made out of cylindrical rod stock with the holes 8 drilled through ofl"-center so that each bloek 6 is eeeentrically In unted upon its axle 5. The Weight of blocks or the' above nature is sufficient to urge them strongly toward a central depending position" and the relatively heavy Weighfl a lsoassists in keeping'theiunners on the tracks.

A drapery supporting member, such as the eye 9 shown in Figures and 3 will aimed by the block 6/"Ks shown in Figres 1W3 e hel l be made in ea h bn-k'qg viidiag a; sea .11 aihe'iio m .Qi the bleek p hiQb' i teneelerged hee 2 urea t e eye 9,. ies te m n a wi e support frorltlie eye.

"evem w et med'fi d iorin o t in enen is she r i igures 4 nd wherein he ble ke r evir e i h nt rmad integral t erewith, this mb m nt o th invent on being stutable Where a swivel eye "is notdesired.v block ,6 of Figures 4:

w may h m d i e e he stock and ri led in p de'th WW9W1E3 o e corresponding to the hole 8 previously-ode,- eri e in. e nn e ie pw t Figure .1 to

M ii le cer ai spe i i emb d me t o t of h guide, an e ar er; s d i i-e omprising. runne fit ng in sai racks nd .eonne d y an axle, nd e1 medi ate member disposed in said slot, said intermed ate memb r omp i ng a lock th ough hich e a e pa es in ia-si bstant ymm tra'l vertical transverse :plan of the block he y he. et er n ay ti t longitudinal y of the slo in i her direc -'1.onaboutthe ce tre of the axle as an axis, saidfble k extendi g 1 iti din l y the slot beyond th rollers adjacent carriers from amrning t he sides of said block fitting rel'atively close to the n edges of the slot to prevent substantial obliquity of the runners, said block having a hole t l eretl irongli providing a seat at the bottom thereof, and a sWiveled drapery support resting upon said seat.

2-. A dra suppo eemp s ng a he loyv guide having ,alongitudinal slot therein, the walls at said guide on opposite sides of the slot constituting tracks extending ersth i e Qt thes -M and eer e sa d carrier comprising rollers fitting in said tracks and conneoted by an axle, and an intermediate member disposed in said slot, said inme iatelm mber emp eing a y -i e1 blgolr ,eecentrigally ofiset with regard to the rollers whereby its upper surfaoe lies below h u pe surfe e at th t l e s, s e l passing through a substantially eentral very ee t ansv r plane f he block wh eby the latter may tilt longitudinally of the slot n; ither i t e e eu th ent of t x e es n ax s, saidn erm a memb r.

being of larger diameter than the rollers whereby it extends longitudinally of the slot beyond the rollers in both ,direetions'and its end surfaces form bumpers extending substantially across the above mentioned slot and protruding beyond the rollers sufii: eiently to prevent adjacent carriers from jamming, the sides of said block f tting relatively elose t the edges of said, slot to preyent substantial obliquity oat the rollers, and a digapery supporting member carried y id ki Y i In testimony that I iclaim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of March, 1924;,

f REUBEL. 

